3 Patients!!!

I had 3 patients today! Yea!!! I was only finishing up 2 of them in the morning and then I had a patient in the afternoon. It was great! A total of 9 quads today! My dad got to come in too! :) I was so happy! I love having my family come in! I almost have all the requirements I need, including the PEs. Things are looking good!

2 Patients

Last Tuesday we had a lab in the morning, and it was soooo relaxing! It was great! Now we have more PEs we can pass off too...since we learned how to do more of them. :) The afternoon was another story though. I was finishing a class 3 patient and her husband was going to come in if I ended up getting done with her cleaning early. We were going to call and let him know if he should come in or not. Well...he decided to just come and stay after he dropped her off. Then I felt really pressured to get him in and get his OD done. It all worked out ok, but I felt kind of crunched because of how long it took me to finish her. It probably didn't help that I had somewhere to be right after clinic, so I was feeling pressured by that too. Oh well. Everything ended up being OK. Finishing her cleaning completed all my exams that I needed, and I did 3 PEs. :) Really not too bad...just a little crunched on time.

Mock Board #1

I passed my first mock board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soooo excited! It was a little crazy at first because of various things out of my control and my patient ended up being about a half an hour late. She did her best to get there though and I'm really glad she made it! I knew my patient would qualify, but I also knew it would be difficult because I had already cleaned one of her quads. I'm really glad I had a heads up about what it was like cleaning her teeth before I got to the mock board because it helped me understand how thourough I would really have to be and how hard I would have to work. It's interesting how different patient's calculus can be. No one really understands what I'm saying until they've had a patient who's caluculs just won't come off. Anyway, it all went very well! Passing this mock board has helped me feel a little bit better about boards, but of course I'm still really nervous for that to come. It will be a lot more stressful so hopefully my nerves won't take over and I'll be OK. I'm glad I have a few more months to practice before I have to do the real thing!

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Yesterday was great! I felt like I got a lot accomplished and everything went really well. I finished my morning pt. and have two class III quads left on my afternoon pt. I did my first Eagle Soft chart, took x-rays, did an exam, and 2PE's! It was a great! I'm scheduled out till the end of the semester, so I don't have to worry about finding anymore pts. I just have to find room for all of them. :)

What a day!

Tuesday was crazy, and I'm soooooo glad it's over. It was just one of those days where I worked really hard but didn't feel like I got much accomplished. There were various things that affected that, but it's over now and that's all that matters! :) I was able to take my first pano of the year, so that made me happy. Yea!!! Only 4 more this semester!